Meat Disappears From Trudeau Government’s New Vegan-Like Food Guide

The Trudeau government could be telling Canadians to go vegan with the revamped “Canada’s Food Guide.”

As The Globe and Mail reports, Canadian Health Minister Ginette Taylor unveiled the new guide on Tuesday — it’s a much lighter product with barely a mention of hefty meats and high-calorie dairy products.

Meat used to be its own food group in the old guide, but there aren’t even food groups in this new version that can best be summed up by the picture on the cover: a big salad accompanied by some whole wheat bread, a veritable vegan feast. Looking for protein in your diet? The guide says, “consume plant-based more often.” (RELATED: Vegans Scream For Animal Liberation At Toronto Restaurant)

It seems the Trudeau government has gone one step further than the vegans, who eschew meat and dairy products. The new food guide does not suggest Canadians supplement their diet with fruit juice. The virtual exclusion of dairy products comes after Trudeau’s insistence during the NAFTA talks that producers be protected by high tariffs.